Cryptic infection by whipworm mimicking a sessile polyp of the colon.
A case of trichocephaliasis in a 70-year-old male is described. The original diagnosis, based on radiological and endoscopic findings, was of a sessile polyp of the colon. Only when a fragment of the supposed polyp was removed at biopsy and examined histologically was it revealed as a single male specimen of whipworm.
Pampiglione
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Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy.
Rivasi
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Rubbiani
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003106:Colon / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification*